Unfortunately the locals were dropping like flys at the last minute with only the usual 3 amigos + 1, still fit enough for the ride
............. errr! well? .............................. just anyway.

So us three city slickers headed east over the ranges in their most lush state

Stopping off at the Mannum Waterfalls for morning tea

and on through the fabulous tracks of Bakara Well

A new tourist attraction ............. "The Riverland Pyramids"

Starting our ramble from Renmark

It wasn't long before the natives became restless

So we called time-out inspecting the "Suicide Bridge" just off The Old Coach Road to Wentworth

Our first encounter with a road train

Luckily the wind was from the right direction

We weren't too sure about Damien's experience though ............................... "Did you do that on the ground?"

It wasn't long before we reached the the outlet for Cawdilla Lake, just south of Menindee

But we were obviously late arriving in Menindee ...................................... no one was home

So us three city slickers headed east over the ranges in their most lush state

Another good Ride Report MB..

I would love to have a ride along those Adelaide Hills tracks shown above, they look great, would be good to use them & put togehter another one of the famous 'MB 1 Day Adv Rides' sometime, or maybe even an over nighter & then the riders can do a bit of this ?

Another good Ride Report MB.. I would love to have a ride along those Adelaide Hills tracks shown above, they look great, would be good to use them & put togehter another one of the famous 'MB 1 Day Adv Rides' sometime, or maybe even an over nighter & then the riders can do a bit of this ?
Cheers, Sol..

Thanks Sol, appreciate your confidence, would love to take you on that track anytime.

Lots more of this ride report to come.

Nothing like the good old days, those famous "MB1 Day Adv Rides" were something else, hey?

However with the delay, the long shadows were indicating we would have tough job riding into the setting sun on what turned out to be dusty, loose surfaced, rutted tracks .............................. another accident waiting to happen

With head lights next to useless with the dust, we survived with only a couple more of small offs, before reaching White Cliffs in the dark only to find all accommodation was full .................... The Pub, The Caravan Park ......... bloody gray nomads

OK then, where can we eat? ................... Sorry mate, no meals left at the pub either, The cafe had 4 long tables all full but luckily we persuaded the cafe chef to stay on and his steak sandwiches were delicious.

This town is in the middle of no where and it's full WTF

Took us several laps of the caravan park to find a roadway to camp on too.

After a quiet restful night, thank god there is a good thing that gray nomads do is go to bed early

we regrouped for a tour of the local attractions, White Cliffs being an old Opal mining town.

We also found the "other" available accommodation

The local lookout

The mines in the area are numerous, but now mainly all deserted

We were fortunate it was an open house day for some of the residents and visitors could see what a "DugOut" underground home looked like. We picked this one for no apparent reason and knew from the sign we were in for a treat

Jock was definitely a true rogue in every sense of the word. The local tourist office told us, a gold coin was all that was needed.

Jock said his house was "special" ......................... he was in it and $5 bucks was needed to benefit from his expertise.

Worth every penny if you ask me

He told us his good woman had left him many years before and we could see why

Our only other escape if we so chose

After spending a very enjoyable 30minutes listening to his many stories true or not we hit the road west

Regrouping occasionally to share experiences

Eventually reaching the end of "the long dirt road"

Before the boring ride into Broken Hill to some very comfortable lodgings for the night and parting ways the next morning and home.

Thanks for taking the time to put this up. Went to a few of those places on this years SAVariety bash and wish I had my DRZ to make the trip a bit more fun. That camp ground at White Cliffs is like rock wether you are on the road or the dirt!